Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 2846 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 125,800 and USD 200,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 2846
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 4302 jobs Machine Learning | 4067 jobs Statistics | 3365 jobs Engineering | 3278 jobs SQL | 3156 jobs Computer Science | 2329 jobs ML models | 2125 jobs Research | 1994 jobs Mathematics | 1990 jobs R | 1959 jobs AWS | 1790 jobs Testing | 1662 jobs Deep Learning | 1539 jobs LLMs | 1378 jobs Pipelines | 1358 jobs Data analysis | 1314 jobs GCP | 1257 jobs Data visualization | 1229 jobs TensorFlow | 1173 jobs NLP | 1108 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 3809 jobs Health care | 1844 jobs Startup environment | 1429 jobs Equity / stock options | 1408 jobs Competitive pay | 1357 jobs Insurance | 1291 jobs Flex hours | 1235 jobs Salary bonus | 1104 jobs Parental leave | 858 jobs Flex vacation | 855 jobs Team events | 779 jobs Medical leave | 733 jobs 401(k) matching | 450 jobs Wellness | 442 jobs Conferences | 263 jobs Transparency | 194 jobs Home office stipend | 178 jobs Relocation support | 160 jobs Fitness / gym | 135 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 130 jobsRelated salaries
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